Tobacco-stemming roll.



1.' P. scm/ILL.

TOBACCO STEMMING ROLL.

APPLICATION'FILED AUG. I9. 1912 Patent@ July 6, 1915.

19M-mm .ing a segmental series of closely Having described my invention,I claim l. A tobacco leaf stemming roll, compriscompacted ibers, andresilient wires disposed along the outer edges of said segments, saidibers and wires constituting stripping elements of differentialresilience radially projecting from the roll.

2. A tobacco leaf stemming roll, compris ing a segmental series ofclosely compacted fibers, and resilient 'wires disposed adjacent theadvancing edges ofl the `brous segments in their direction of rotation,enabling said wire components to attack the leaf so as toyield-rearwardlyand become buried with-` in the ber body.

3. A tobacco leaf stemming roll, comprising a segmental series ofclosely compacted ibers, resilient wires disposed along the advancingedges of said fibrous segments in edges of the lset my hand.

. AWitnessesj the direction of rotation, and members between saidsegments serving to compact said wire and liber resilient strippingelements and terminating below the extremities there of to limit thestem embedment.

4. A tobacco leaf stemming roll, comprising asegmental series of closelycompacted fibers, resilient wires compacted against the advancing edgesof said segments in the direction of roll rotation, and a seriesof platebinders secured between the stripping segments in directions transversetov the radially extendingl stripping elements, and below theextremities thereof.

5. ln a tobacco leaf stemming roll, a `nub structure, comprising anaxially extending series of channels, seat surfaces between saidchannels extending in transverseplanes to the radial linesof the roll,fibers secured V within said channels, Wire holding plates secured uponsaid seats, with resilient wires closely compacted against the advancingfiber segments, and binding plates secured upon said wire holdingplates, and parallel thereto, serving to com- `pact the wire and liberresilient elements and terminating below the extremities thereof,

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto Janes r. scovnini VJosnrn@..MGNUT'L WILLIAM l?, FITZGIBBON.

